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    Driving and Being Grateful

    ByFaris May 23, 2024

    I went to a client site today which was around 80km from my house. I normally walked to work so it has been a while since I had to drive to anywhere, for work. I did go to the same site last year but it was with another colleague, who did all the driving. Alas,…

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  • Book Review

    The Warlord Chronicles: Book Review

    ByFaris May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

    This is a review of the trilogy, covering the three books. Don’t get me wrong, the books are both short, but I am a bit lazy and I don’t think I need to write three reviews for the trilogy. The books tell the story of Arthur and his knights, in a ‘realistic’ way. I say…

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  • Life

    Weather and Requirements

    ByFaris May 19, 2024

    The weather was quite nice this past weeks. I would never have understood this before, but I drove around with the windows down last weekend as we went to the beach. Why would I have not understood that? Because in Malaysia, it is blazing hot and you’d be out of your mind (or your air-conditioning…

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  • Life

    Missing Shoes

    ByFaris May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

    Muslims in Malaysia go to Friday prayers every week normally wearing a pair of slippers. Occasionally some dishonest person would come with a pair of old slippers, and leave a pair of newer ones. Colloquially known as “kena tibai”, which means got nicked. I think there’s two reasons for this bad behaviour. Firstly is the…

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  • Life

    Silo and Project Management

    ByFaris May 14, 2024May 14, 2024

    I was in a project management meeting today and inevitably the phrase “working in silo” came up. I was then reminded of the book that I read a few years ago, simply titled Silo. I think Amazon or Netflix has turned it into a movie, but I haven’t seen it. I still remember reading the…

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  • Life

    I Must Be Getting Old (II)

    ByFaris May 13, 2024

    I used to always try new software, all in the hope of ever increasing productivity and making life a bit easier. It normally doesn’t make life easier, but I enjoyed it. My wife didn’t, at least not as much as every time I migrated my drive or storage system/software, she would be dragged along and…

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  • Life

    The Ever Remembering Internet

    ByFaris May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

    Recently I got an email from Spotify saying that I need to update my login for Spotify Podcaster because they’re migrating from another app, Anchor, and I need to do that so I can still have access to my podcast episode. Wait, I have a podcast? Yeah, I remember now, I did do some podcast…

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  • Life

    I Must Be Getting Old (I)

    ByFaris May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

    I was imparting my wisdom to my daughter or in Malay, it’s called berleter, when my daughter finished my sentence or rather she said something along the lines of what I was saying. I pivoted and said that she is smart to always understand what I am trying to say, but she replied that it…

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  • Work

    Getting a Job in the UK

    ByFaris May 7, 2024August 27, 2025

    A friend recently asked about getting a job and moving to the UK, and I thought I’d write it down. This is more like a reflection and I would maybe update it in the future when I gain more exposure and experience. First of all, there will be the argument why go to the UK…

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  • Life

    You Need to Have a Plan

    ByFaris May 5, 2024May 5, 2024

    Even though Muhammad Ali says ‘everyone has a plan, until they get hit in the face’, you still need to have a plan. Especially so since life will hit you in the face, many times. And you might want to change your plan(s) every time you get hit, which has nothing wrong at all, as…

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